'My daughter is scared coronavirus lockdown will make us homeless'
PENNIES left in the bank, clients pulling the plug and kids' tearful supermarket breakdowns - life in lockdown is a constant battle for thousands of self-employed single mums.
“Anybody with children needs a cash boost right now, even if they just got £100 instead of £20 for the next 12 weeks."'I have earned zero this month'12“I worked as a solicitor until last year when I set up my business as a transformational therapist, working with entrepreneurs to help them achieve their goals.
There were 72,000 people ahead of me in the queue. The next phone appointment they have is April 22nd. Even if I got some clients in now, I would have to juggle that with children in the background as well as staying on top of the homeschooling. It was a stressful job and I felt I was having to choose between being there for my daughter and having a career.It led to a bit of a breakdown and I had to rebuild my life, so I decided it was time to do something different,
Two weekends ago we went to Aldi, for our weekly shop, and there was people rushing around panic buying and she got pulled away from me. She got quite upset, so now I can’t even take her out shopping. My other business is holistic therapies and I obviously can’t see any clients who want to come for massage or hands on healing.I have 25 clients who pay a monthly membership, between £115 for three hours to £20 for half an hour.
I’d sold half of it before we moved to India, in 2007, and I had funding with an Icelandic bank which snowballed out of control. We had gifts coming from the church wrapped up for the children for Christmas. It was absolutely dreadful.
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